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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing the possibility of this next government. As we have discussed in videos on this channel doing updates for folks, Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed from office on this past Friday. We are currently in kind of holding pattern here in Thailand via a caretaker government and awaiting a further well basically what is really going on here despite all the newspaper headlines and as we have discussed one side saying, hey we've got a coalition, the other side saying hey we've got a coalition, we've got this, we've got that. Meanwhile, People Party is apparently kind of being wooed right now from all angles about possibly supporting a Government; it remains to be seen. The thing to take away first of all is on the 3rd they are going to open Parliament, apparently, based on everything I am reading, and between the 3rd and the 5th they are going to basically be conducting the proceedings in order to come up with a new Prime Minister. So that's the main takeaway to understand first off from this video is, despite anything you are reading out there in the Press at all, and I have tried to make my own biases and proclivities and affinities clear, but whatever you are reading or hearing from whomever, we're not really going to have anything official until after Parliament convenes to discuss who's going to be the next PM. 

That said, People Party seems to presently kind of be in the spotlight right now as the sort of basically the Party that can throw enough weight behind a candidate for a Prime Ministership. Now apparently, they have some demands. It's very weird situation. I have got to be honest with you, I find it rather odd, I won't say disingenuous but let's just say strange, that People Party takes the position of well we will vote for a PM, and we will support you in forming a Cabinet, but we don't want to be part of the Government; we're going to remain in the opposition. What's that? I mean I find that a little odd. It's like well then don't vote, if you don't want to get into that. But you want to throw support; you want to play politics without the repercussions of any blowback associated with the government that you would be supporting. I mean that seems kind of backward, backwards is the wrong word, what is that is basically what I'm saying. I don't get what that kind of stance is. That said, whatever, that's where they stand at the moment. They are saying we can throw support, but we don't want to be part of the government. I kind of get it. They have their own position, and they are saying that this is where we are at. Okay, so they are basically saying we can throw enough support to determine who becomes the next Prime Minister in the formation of the next Cabinet but another big demand that apparently has been agreed to in principle by everybody associated with this whole thing that may end up becoming PM, they have agreed in principle to the notion that the Government will be dissolved some time within a period of about 4 months is everything I am reading, and thereafter we will hold elections. Okay. 

So this brings me to my question and the title which is why don't we just have a National Unity Government? If everybody agrees we are going to dissolve this thing, People Party doesn't want to really be in the Cabinet but they will throw support behind something, and we know that Bhumjaithai as well as some of the other Coalition parties as well as Pheu Thai could in theory come to a consensus on cutting up the different Cabinet posts, why not just do a National Unity Government for a few months and move on. People I think from prior videos think that I have some massive disinclination toward Pheu Thai. I have got to be honest with you, I have issues with them, notably the fact that I've seen nothing but World Economic Forum nonsense and undue influence from the likes of the OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) being brought in during the tenure of their Administration since 2023 and they seem to be enamoured with the World Economic Forum to the point that I, as I have discussed in other videos, I view this as undue foreign influence, so I have real questions there. But that said, I can understand the argument if there are those who would say well that was a small faction around one family primarily, that felt that way. We as a Party or not necessarily feeling that way. Now I don't necessarily know if that is their position or stance but what I am trying to say is I am not willing to just dismiss out of hand that Pheu Thai may have some use in governing. That said, maybe not. Again, this all kind of shaking out in real time but if we are only going to put this thing together for 4 months, and we all sort of agree in principle that we all want what's best for Thailand, albeit different factions have different thoughts about what that ultimately means or how we go about getting there, now I have real issues when "how we go about getting there" is again undue foreign influence for things that are clearly damaging to Thailand like the current banking policies as I have discussed at length in other videos I think are massively damaging to Thailand's national brand for a variety of different reasons. That said, again reasonable people can disagree on certain things I I'm just kind of wondering if we are going to have a limited time period on this upcoming government and everybody sort of agrees that they don't agree on very much but they do agree that we all want what's best for Thailand and it seems like everyone's in agreement that they want an election or a dissolution leading to an election come some four months from now, why not just all get together at one table and just have that consensus as a baseline and get a National Unity Government and we can move forward. To my mind that makes some sense. 

That said, I thought of making this video initially after reading a recent article from the Nation, that is nationthailand.com, the article is titled: People's Party says it still does not trust Pheu Thai or Bhumjaithai. One thing I noticed in Bangkok Post’s cover to this whole thing is they talked about shifting alliances and betrayals and something and I'm not citing it because I'm just not, but it was in Bangkok Post and it was like well the betrayal was when Pheu Thai turned on MFP/People Party some 2 years ago. They talked about it as if it wasn't Pheu Thai. I've been kind of wondering about Bangkok Post’s coverage on Pheu Thai lately. It seems kind of unnecessarily overly positive in terms of its spin on them. Again, I don't have anything against the Party per se, and if they want what's best for Thailand then I'm on board with anybody who wants what's best for Thailand. I do think there was a faction again around one family, that didn't seem to necessarily want what was best for Thailand, they wanted what was best for themselves and again foreign influences that to my mind just want to suck value, wealth and the liberties out of Thailand. But again, if we can all come together, I don't think that would be terrible. And meanwhile, People Party says we don't trust anybody so why not go for a National Unity Government with the agreement that we are going to have an election on X date, or we are going to dissolve Parliament on X date, X date being 4 months from the initial policy statement by the new Prime Minister. Why not do that under a National Unity Government? That is kind of what I'm thinking. Quoting directly: "Parit Wacharasindhu, a list-MP of the People's Party (PPLE), spoke to reporters after a special meeting of the Party's MPs at the Future Forward Building, the PPLE Headquarters on Monday (September 1) The meeting was convened to reach a conclusion on how the Party would vote in the upcoming selection of a new Prime Minister. Quote: "When it comes to trust, we do not fully trust either Party. Our task is to assess the risk based on evidence and behaviour." Again there is some history there with one particular party as far as evidence of behaviour." Quoting further: "Whichever option carries less risk is the one we must consider. We make decisions with reason, not with resentment." Well okay, fair enough. 

That said again, they say we don't trust either Party, well then why don't we all just get together and have a National Unity Government. We all agree to disagree on how we think it is best to get there, but if everybody's in agreement that they want to go ahead and dissolve the house in 4 months and have an election, why not just form a National Unity Government. PP can sit in the background and say they are still in the opposition even though they threw their weight behind the notion of a National Unity Government. Presumably maybe the other two major parties can sort of bury the hatchet and come together enough that they can form a Cabinet. I mean they did it for nearly 2 years, up until the phone call that we just had adjudicated. Is it impossible that they can't come to some kind of consensus to last for 120 days. 

I mean to my mind it would just be best for Thailand if we could simmer down all the political tension, come to a National Unity Government with the agreement okay everybody's on board, we're going to do an election next year, and then move on with it. I mean to my mind that would be the best thing for everybody involved here in Thailand.